British Newspapers.- British Journal (The), Numb XXXVIII, 1723; The London Evening-Post Numb. 613, 1731; The Old Whig: or, the Consistent Protestant, Numb. 144, 1737; Owen's Weekly Chronicle; and Westminster Journal, Vol. VIII No. 358, 1765; The General Evening Post, Number 11,574, 1806; Bell's Weekly Messenger. No 593, 1807, together 16 newspapers, light spotting, folds, one or two short tears, occasional pencil marks, slight creasing and chipping to edges, v.s. (16). ⁂ Including mentions of: the funeral of Queen Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland; Philadelphia being ceded to the Spanish by the French; the first aerial trip over Paris; and various articles on the Napoleonic Wars and the Duke of Wellington.

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